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- help researchers shorten the path to new treatments tomorrow
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…for you, for others, for good.
You have already helped us learn:
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Lithium carbonate wasn't helping ALS patients, and we learned it faster than the clinical trials did. Read about it in
Nature.
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Insomnia is more common—in fact worse—for people with chronic conditions. Read about it on the
blog.
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Interacting with other PatientsLikeMe members improves your health. Read it on
healthaffairs.org.
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The severity of Parkinson's Disease symptoms changes faster than researchers thought, so clinical trials should be designed differently. Read about it on
JMIR.
And more!
What is pulmonary sequestration?
Pulmonary sequestration is the abnormal growth of tissue within the lung that has no respiratory function. There are two types of sequestrations, intralobar and extralobar forms. Depending on the size and location, a sequestration may cause other health complications.
Common symptoms reported by people with pulmonary sequestration